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Ramsey County Multijurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan | July2012 1-1 Section 1 PLAN, BACKGROUND, AND PURPOSE 1.1 Overview The Ramsey County Multijurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan (HMP) as written fulfills the requirements of the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000, which is administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The Disaster Mitigation Act requires that all HMPs be updated every five years. The previous HMP was adopted effective 23 May 2006, and the current update began in 2011 in accordance with the law. The Disaster Mitigation Act also provides federal assistance to state and local emergency management to mitigate the effects of disasters. The HMP also encourages cooperation among various organizations and crosses political subdivisions. The following communities participated in the update of the Ramsey County HMP: the Cities of Arden Hills, Falcon Heights, Gem Lake, Lauderdale, Little Canada, Maplewood, Mounds View, New Brighton, North Oaks, North St. Paul, Roseville, Shoreview, Vadnais Heights, White Bear Lake, and the Town of White Bear. The City of St. Paul has developed a separate HMP. The Cities of Blaine and Spring Lake Park have a portion of their cities within the boundaries of Ramsey County; however, they primarily reside in Anoka County. They are not politically involved in Ramsey County and will not be discussed in this HMP, as they will be in Anoka County’s Mitigation Plan. The City of St. Anthony politically resides in Hennepin County; however, the city geographically is half in Hennepin County and half in Ramsey County. Although the city’s police department is the primary first responder for two cities within Ramsey County, and it shares a school district with another city within Ramsey County, the City of St. Anthony will not be covered by the Ramsey County Plan. The Hennepin County HMP will cover the City of St. Anthony. The University of Minnesota – Twin Cities Campus also presents a unique situation. The university is located in both Minneapolis and Falcon Heights, the St. Paul campus. For the St. Paul Campus, the University of Minnesota Police Department (UMPD) is the primary police response; however, fire, hazmat, and EMS response come from the Falcon Heights Fire Department and/or the St. Paul Fire Department. The university also operates its own Basic Life Support (BLS) specialized ambulance service, but that does not respond to 9-1-1 calls from either campus. The City of St. Paul HMP will cover the University of Minnesota – St. Paul Campus. 1.2 Authority Section 409 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act Title 44 CFR as amended by Section 102 of the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 gives state and local governments the framework to evaluate and mitigate all hazards as a condition of receiving federal disaster funds. The Ramsey County Multijurisdictional HMP is a requirement of the law. In Minnesota, federal regulatory authority for hazard mitigation planning resides with FEMA Region V.